> Hi all, I've been reading about FB 2 database maintenance and I've a
> question:
> Are gbak -b's backup and a .NET Provider FbService's Backup the same?
> I was thinking of doing a application controlled backup via FbService
> instead of a cron jobs doing a gbak -b...

The resulting backup file is the same, but I guess the .NET provider
uses the ServicesAPI, which basically only allows the backup file to be
placed at the server where the database resides.


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